Camera not taking/sending pics

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Danny Hall
I have one camera that I know for a fact is not taking and/or sending pics all the time. I watched a deer feed in front if it the other day and nothing was sent to me. 30 minutes later another deer came in and it did take and send me pics. Today I walked in front of it before I climbed into my stand and it did not take and/or send pics. Anyone have any experience with this happening?
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  • John Lockburner

    Do you have any start/stop times set?

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  • Greg Vincent

    My husband is having issues with his camera not taking pictures. The last one that was taken was at 4:30 am cst. Has not taken one since then. 

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  • Danny Hall

    John, no. I don't have any start/stop times set.

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    Danny and Mrs. Greg,

    What model camera? GC-what?

    Is the firmware current? What brand, class, speed, size SD card are you using?

    What’s the battery level (voltage) and what type of batteries are you using?

    If there’s any way that you can take a screen shot of the latest status report and post it, that may be helpful.

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  • Danny Hall

    How do I post the pics in this reply box?

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    You may not be able to. When I'm using a computer or an iPad, there's a little picture symbol with some formatting options above the box, but on my Android phone, there's none of that. That's why I said, "If there's any way..."

    It's very annoying, because sometimes being able to see the status report tells us exactly what the problem is (like low batteries, two or three bars means low batteries).

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  • Danny Hall

    GC-A4Gb
    AT&T
    Firmware is up to date
    Voltage is 4.8
    3 out of 5 bars on battery
    Not sur about sd card info. It's a good one. Still has a ton of free space.

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    Voltage 4.8 is dead batteries. That's the most likely cause of your problems.

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  • Danny Hall

    Well, that means both of my cameras are dead. So apparently the battery bar symbol doesn't necessarily match up correctly with actual battery life?
    I'm gonna go get some and change them out before I get in the stand this afternoon.
    What is full voltage?

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    The battery indicator is accurate as long as you know that it's not like the fuel gauge on a car. 5.7 V is full power (P5 on the info strip). Three bars is 5.1 V (P3). For rechargeable batteries, that may be the highest you see because they are lower voltage to start with. With lithiums, you may not see P3 and the batteries are dead. 4.8 is 2 bars, and that means your batteries are pretty much dead.

    I'm hoping we'll see different battery indicators than we have now. I'd like to see green/full for 5.7V, yellow and about 2 bars for 5.1V (warning!), and a red outline for 4.8 V. ♦

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  • Danny Hall

    I definitely think those improvements or "kaizens' as we say at Toyota would be great. The more user friendly the cameras are and honestly the less a person has to think about things -- 3 bars = pretty much dead, not halfway like the fuel gauge scenario would show, the more folks are gonna be happy with the cameras.
    You guys have been great with responding back to me. I'll check back in later after changing the batteries. Thanks!

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  • Danny Hall

    New Energizer batteries at 2:00 pm. 5.7 volts and pics.
    Thanks!

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